Fishermen from K. Pallepalem village who eke out a living by fishing in the sea of Kothapatnam incur heavy losses year after year due to ghost nets or Abandoned, Lost or otherwise Discarded Fishing Gear (ALDFG).
ALDFG including lines, traps, hooks, dredges and buoys spread across the ocean bed can continue to trap fish and other species of marine life including sea turtles, dolphins, sharks, and rays and kill them. This is because they lack knowledge of the topography of the sea, laments an elderly fisherman Prabhu Prakash while making best use of the fishing ban period to mend their nets and overhaul their engines. The ban period to conserve fish will come to end on June 14.
